Of The Wild & Sacred - Power, pleasure & presence for women in midlife

Sonia Auld - Power, Pleasure + Presence through Ayurveda & Embodied Feminine Wisdom
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Of the Wild and Sacred is a podcast for women 40+ moving through the messy middle of midlife—where hormones are shifting, identities are unraveling, and something deeper is calling. Hosted by Sonia Auld, Ayurvedic Practitioner and Tantra-informed embodiment mentor, and sacred rhythm teacher, this podcast explores the emotional, physical, and spiritual transitions that happen when you're no longer who you were… but not yet sure who you’re becoming. Through Ayurveda, Tantra, sacred rituals, Kundalini-inspired practices, and intuitive feminine wisdom, each episode offers grounded insights and gentle guidance to help you: Reclaim your energy, rhythm, and nervous systemFeel safe and sensual in your changing bodyHonor your truth without needing to rush your processCreate a life that reflects the woman you’re becomingNot about fixing yourself. This is where we move from healing to wholeness.—where you learn to live from the inside out. Welcome to Of the Wild and Sacred—where the midlife unraveling becomes the path to wise womanhood.

Episodes

  1. 5d ago

    8: Why You Can't Rest (Even When You Desperately Want To)

    You want to rest. But the moment you stop moving, anxiety creeps in. Guilt. That voice that says you should be doing something. Sound familiar? In this episode, we're diving deep into what's really happening when you can't rest—and why it has nothing to do with willpower or laziness. Because rest isn't a luxury. Rest is medicine. And your nervous system needs to learn that stopping is safe. This episode gives permission. Listen in. Support the show If today’s episode spoke to you, there’s more waiting for you in my world: ✨ You can start here for group lifestyle rituals, guidance and support: The Holistic Embodiment Membership www.ayurvedichormonehealing.com 🪷  Work With Me 1:1 for Ayurvedic and embodiment coaching  🌺 Join Retreats & Events  and visit my website ofthewildandsacred.love OR connect with me on instagram @ayurvedicembodiment

    27 min

  2. Jun 3

    7: The nervous system of over functioning woman

    This conversation goes beyond burnout and stress and into the deeper cost of constantly living in survival mode — always productive, always carrying emotional labor, always anticipating, always “on.” Sonia explores how over-functioning disconnects women from rhythm, pleasure, embodiment, and life force through the lens of Ayurveda, feminine embodiment, Tantra, and nervous system wisdom. If you’ve been feeling emotionally flat, overstimulated, disconnected from pleasure, unable to fully rest, or like you’ve been managing life more than actually experiencing it…  If today’s episode spoke to you, there’s more waiting for you in my world: ✨ You can start here for group lifestyle rituals, guidance and support: The Holistic Hormone Accelerate Membership www.ayurvedichormonehealing.com 🪷  Work With Me 1:1 for Ayurvedic and embodiment coaching  🌺 Join Retreats & Events in 2026  ofthewildandsacred.love/guatemala OR connect with me on instagram @ayurvedictantrahealing Support the show If today’s episode spoke to you, there’s more waiting for you in my world: ✨ You can start here for group lifestyle rituals, guidance and support: The Holistic Embodiment Membership www.ayurvedichormonehealing.com 🪷  Work With Me 1:1 for Ayurvedic and embodiment coaching  🌺 Join Retreats & Events  and visit my website ofthewildandsacred.love OR connect with me on instagram @ayurvedicembodiment

    14 min

  3. May 27

    6: The Exhaustion of Always Holding It Together

    In this episode of Of the Wild and Sacred, Sonia explores the hidden exhaustion many women are quietly carrying — the pressure to always be productive, emotionally available, strong, agreeable, and constantly holding everything together. Through the lens of Ayurveda, feminine embodiment, Tantra, and nervous system wisdom, this conversation explores hyper-functioning, self-abandonment, emotional overwhelm, receiving, sensuality, and the body’s growing intolerance for lives built around constant doing. If you’ve been craving more softness, space, aliveness, truth, and connection to yourself… this episode is for you. If today’s episode spoke to you, there’s more waiting for you in my world: ✨ You can start here for group lifestyle rituals, guidance and support: The Holistic Hormone Accelerate Membership www.ayurvedichormonehealing.com 🪷  Work With Me 1:1 for Ayurvedic and embodiment coaching  🌺 Join Retreats & Events in 2026  ofthewildandsacred.love/guatemala OR connect with me on instagram @ayurvedictantrahealing Support the show If today’s episode spoke to you, there’s more waiting for you in my world: ✨ You can start here for group lifestyle rituals, guidance and support: The Holistic Embodiment Membership www.ayurvedichormonehealing.com 🪷  Work With Me 1:1 for Ayurvedic and embodiment coaching  🌺 Join Retreats & Events  and visit my website ofthewildandsacred.love OR connect with me on instagram @ayurvedicembodiment

    14 min

  4. May 20

    5: When your old life no longer fits

    There comes a season in many women’s lives where the identities, roles, and structures that once felt stable suddenly no longer fit. In this episode of Of the Wild and Sacred, Sonia explores the quiet unraveling many women experience in midlife and perimenopause — the exhaustion of performing, the grief of outgrowing old versions of ourselves, and the body’s refusal to continue self-abandonment. This is an honest conversation about identity shifts, nervous system truth, emotional overwhelm, relationships, freedom, uncertainty, and what it means to stop overriding yourself just to keep life functioning. If you’ve been feeling restless, disconnected, emotionally flat, or like your old life no longer fits… this episode is for you. Support the show If today’s episode spoke to you, there’s more waiting for you in my world: ✨ You can start here for group lifestyle rituals, guidance and support: The Holistic Embodiment Membership www.ayurvedichormonehealing.com 🪷  Work With Me 1:1 for Ayurvedic and embodiment coaching  🌺 Join Retreats & Events  and visit my website ofthewildandsacred.love OR connect with me on instagram @ayurvedicembodiment

    12 min

  5. 08/25/2025

    4: When ‘Having It All’ Isn’t Enough: The Quiet Ache for Meaning

    What do you do when everything looks good on paper—but your heart is asking, Is this it? I’m sharing the subtle shift that happens when the striving starts to feel hollow, and the roles we’ve mastered no longer feel like who we are becoming. We’ll explore: Why that quiet ache for more is actually an invitationHow Ayurveda and the Wise Woman stage of life frame this moment as a turning pointThe signs your body, emotions, or intuition may be giving you right nowWhat to do when you’re feeling ungrounded, lost, or unsure how to move forwardThis isn’t just for women in midlife—it’s for anyone who feels the call to realign, to shed what’s no longer true, and to live with more meaning, presence, and truth. You’ll also hear my personal story of burnout, ambition, and what I learned about freedom the hard way. Your life is speaking. The only question is: are you ready to listen? Support the show If today’s episode spoke to you, there’s more waiting for you in my world: ✨ You can start here for group lifestyle rituals, guidance and support: The Holistic Embodiment Membership www.ayurvedichormonehealing.com 🪷  Work With Me 1:1 for Ayurvedic and embodiment coaching  🌺 Join Retreats & Events  and visit my website ofthewildandsacred.love OR connect with me on instagram @ayurvedicembodiment

    24 min

  6. 08/23/2025

    3: Where Did My Libido Go?

    If your desire’s gone quiet lately, there’s nothing wrong with you. Your body’s just speaking in a different language now — one that doesn’t respond to pressure or pushing through. She’s asking to be felt. To be tended to. To be slowly nourished back to life. In this episode of Of the Wild and Sacred, I’m talking about libido — not just through the lens of hormones, but through the wisdom of Ayurveda and Tantra. We’ll explore ojas, depletion, nervous system safety, sensuality… and the deeper, slower ways women in midlife can reconnect to pleasure in a way that actually feels real. Support the show If today’s episode spoke to you, there’s more waiting for you in my world: ✨ You can start here for group lifestyle rituals, guidance and support: The Holistic Embodiment Membership www.ayurvedichormonehealing.com 🪷  Work With Me 1:1 for Ayurvedic and embodiment coaching  🌺 Join Retreats & Events  and visit my website ofthewildandsacred.love OR connect with me on instagram @ayurvedicembodiment

    24 min

  7. 08/21/2025

    2: What’s Really Happening in Perimenopause

    Most women are told that perimenopause is just about periods and hot flashes — but the truth runs deeper. In this episode, we uncover what’s really happening in your body, brain, and spirit during this powerful midlife shift. We explore how hormonal changes affect your nervous system, digestion, mood, and identity… and how Ayurveda sees this as a sacred threshold, not a medical problem. If you’ve felt tired, overwhelmed, disconnected, or unsure what’s happening to you — this episode offers grounded perspective, soulful reframe, and a few “aha” moments to help you feel more at home in your changing body. Support the show If today’s episode spoke to you, there’s more waiting for you in my world: ✨ You can start here for group lifestyle rituals, guidance and support: The Holistic Embodiment Membership www.ayurvedichormonehealing.com 🪷  Work With Me 1:1 for Ayurvedic and embodiment coaching  🌺 Join Retreats & Events  and visit my website ofthewildandsacred.love OR connect with me on instagram @ayurvedicembodiment

    15 min

  8. 08/20/2025

    1: The Messy Middle- My Midlife Awakening & Why This Podcast Exists

    In this first episode of Of the Wild and Sacred, I open up about the real, raw experience of midlife as a woman navigating body changes, hormonal shifts, identity loss, grief, and a deep inner transformation. I share my personal story—from gaining weight and emotional ups and downs, to letting go of motherhood as I knew it, and grieving the loss of my sisters. This episode isn’t just about what’s changed—it’s about what’s awakening. I talk about how Ayurveda, embodiment, Kundalini, and sacred feminine practices helped me reconnect with myself and plant new roots. If you’ve ever felt like you’re in the messy middle, craving softness, clarity, and deeper connection—this is for you. Support the show If today’s episode spoke to you, there’s more waiting for you in my world: ✨ You can start here for group lifestyle rituals, guidance and support: The Holistic Embodiment Membership www.ayurvedichormonehealing.com 🪷  Work With Me 1:1 for Ayurvedic and embodiment coaching  🌺 Join Retreats & Events  and visit my website ofthewildandsacred.love OR connect with me on instagram @ayurvedicembodiment

    16 min
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Of the Wild and Sacred is a podcast for women 40+ moving through the messy middle of midlife—where hormones are shifting, identities are unraveling, and something deeper is calling. Hosted by Sonia Auld, Ayurvedic Practitioner and Tantra-informed embodiment mentor, and sacred rhythm teacher, this podcast explores the emotional, physical, and spiritual transitions that happen when you're no longer who you were… but not yet sure who you’re becoming. Through Ayurveda, Tantra, sacred rituals, Kundalini-inspired practices, and intuitive feminine wisdom, each episode offers grounded insights and gentle guidance to help you: Reclaim your energy, rhythm, and nervous systemFeel safe and sensual in your changing bodyHonor your truth without needing to rush your processCreate a life that reflects the woman you’re becomingNot about fixing yourself. This is where we move from healing to wholeness.—where you learn to live from the inside out. Welcome to Of the Wild and Sacred—where the midlife unraveling becomes the path to wise womanhood.

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